We're Just Chemicals.

Perhaps I've gone too far with this one,
so far as to say you'll never know you were wrong,
it's been a long time but I'm finally seeing that,
all we've got is a second opportunity to break off what we lost.
the secret's in the losing, the art is in the pace
and all the watchful eyes are whispering, saying
that this is just a lesson in change and charades.
don't hold back your breath to manufacture a smile,
i helped create the composure; i don't want to see it fail.
I'm part of the reason this comes so easily to you,
well it's different but familiar
so I'll do this until i find I'm someone else,
because i don't trust myself with your trust in my hand,
i don't lack the conscience but i do lack control,
I'll leave it up to you which one you'd rather test,
but i told you so, i told you so, I'm much worse than the rest.
tick tock, tick tock, the time is moving faster than my tongue,
but what good is your wit if you don't have deliverance?
all we've got is a second opportunity to break off what we lost.
this isn't my loyalty, it's a fetish for disaster,
and I'll feed while you convince yourself I'm still the one you're after,
with spray cans of antidote and vaccines in bottles,
I'll keep you close and use it all like sellotape across your mouth.
there's a strenuous effort and apathetic bones,
bolt the doors and censor the stairs, I'll jump through the window.
i don't expect you to understand, i just thought you would've seen,
all we've got is a second opportunity,
to break off what we lost and hide the truth behind your tongue,
this is just a lesson in change and charades,
i wrote all these words and took them all to heart.
and sure it only takes one shot to make things perfectly fine again,
but I've got a certain tendency to outdo myself in the end,
my knees are shivering my hands are shaking,
all we've got is a final opportunity you see,
and did i ever mention that this was just a lesson?